Anthrax - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Arshad Khan, MD

Diagnosis

anthrax

Body Site

forearm

Age

55 years

Pigmentation

Organization

Color

purple black

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

solitary

Comments

A 45-year-old woman had a 5 day history of an enlarging papule on her left index finger. Her husband had a similar lesion on his right forearm. She gave a history of slaughtering a sheep 10 days before the lesion appeared. The infection cleared quickly with oral penecilliin.

Description

purple edematous plaque with black eschar

Image Added

8/1/2006 21:23:31

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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